This mod is the release of a mod developed by me initially for the Legendary Edition, now available here also for the Special Edition and Anniversary Edition versions of Skyrim. The .esp is converted to Form 44 format, and all the .NIFs (meshes) and .DDSs (textures) are optimized in the correct ways to run in both SE and AE, requiring absolutely no further work on your part.
When possible, my releases to SE and AE are flagged as .ESLs, which means they don't take up an .ESP slot in the users load order. However, this is not always possible. Below, you can check the three possible scenarios and check which scenario applies to this specific release. Since the other two will be crossed out, and the correct one will be marked in yellow:
The mod is flagged as .ESL, so it won't take up space in your load order, and yet it will be read and executed perfectly by your game;
The mod is not flagged as .ESL, just like a normal .ESP, because it has FaceGen data on it, so if it was flagged, whoever is not using the last official updates for SE or AE, including most pirated Skyrim users, will have the NPCs added by this mod having the gray face bug. However, if you have the latest update installed, you can flag this mod as an .ESL using SSEEdit, at your own risk, but generally with no problems;
The mod is not flagged as .ESL, just like a normal .ESP, as it requires the use of .SEQ files. In all the tests I did, even regenerating the .SEQ files after flagging the .ESPs as .ESLs, the dialogues stopped working. So, to maintain the integrity of dialogues and even quests added by my mods with .SEQ files, you should not attempt to flag this file under any circumstances, and you should use it in the exact way I made it available for download.
One last comment: there is a common misconception that all LE meshes need to go through NifOptimizer in order to be used in SE or AE, with the most varied arguments defending this, and a few absurdities about what would happen if it wasn't done. This is just another one of the myths that this community believes without any basis, and that it spreads only because it saw many people repeating the same thing. DO NOT OPTIMIZE meshes, neither mine nor any from other mod's. Most meshes are ready to run directly from LE to SE. NifOptimizer should only be used in cases where they DO NOT WORK DIRECTLY WITHOUT BEING OPTIMIZED. Using NifOptimizer indiscriminately without need, and without knowing how to do it correctly, leads to terrible consequences, being able to damage UV's, Normal Maps, the very 3d structure of the models, and much more, in short, causing more problems than the possible problems you could have with 1 in every 100 meshes needing to be optimized, something you would later do manually and individually when proven necessary. JUST DON'T PASS MESHES THROUGH THE NIF OPTIMIZER EXCEPT IF THEY JUST DON'T WORK IN THE SPECIAL EDITION OR ANNIVERSARY EDITION AFTER YOU TESTED THEM YOURSELF FIRST.
It's a fact that yes NifOptimizer can solve problems in problematic Nifs, but in this case, and if these Nifs are mine, just contact me and I'll solve the problem for you. If you have really in-depth knowledge of how to correct any negative consequences of using the program on the problematic mesh, that's ok, do it, but if not, just contact me and I'll solve it, since the nif having the problem would be caused by a little oversight of mine while I was producing it, so would be my responsability to fix the problem as well.Unfortunately, because the use of NifOptimizer was recommended in many tutorials as a possible step, a lot of people took it as mandatory, and many fools started to use it as gospel and to convince others, but remember, it's not because it's on the internet that is real. There is absolutely NO such thing as an "old nif format". NiTriShape works perfectly in SE and AE, it is NOT necessary in any way to convert the .nifs to BSTriShape format for them to run smoothly in game, and this messy conversion can even lead you to severe ingame problems. Unfortunately, 3 or 4 paranoids managed to create a legion of players who live in constant panic of corrupting their games, and in an attempt to avoid it, they end up diving into a corruption many times greater, created by themselves, unnecessarily.But don't just take my word for it based on my years of experience and dedication to this activity, listen to Arcane University's own words about it, possibly the best center of studies on modding for The Elder Scrolls available on the internet: (image extracted from the link: https://wiki.beyondskyrim.org/wiki/Arcane_University:NIF_Data_Format)
Play more, have more fun, and let the authors be responsible for the technical condition and functionality of the mods they release. And if you don't trust them enough to use mods without trying to fix what often doesn't need to be fixed, just stop using those mods.
Take care, and if you have any doubts, look for me on my Discord server, Mihail
Work with different vampire lord textures installed? For example if I have a different texture for male and female vampire lord, when the vampires boss transform into vampire lord it will use my textures installed? Thanks in advance, ur mods are amazing.
from compatibility tab: "This mod does not affect player transformation, so textures, skeletons, animation replacer, skills, etc., that you use for the Vampire Lord, will not be affected by this mod. It also doesn't affect Harkon, so whatever you use on him will stay the same. The only exception is that it gives Harkon the ability to duplicate himself into Vampire Shades in combat, and adds a daedra heart to his loot. The Vampire Lords used in this mod are standalone and have their own skeleton, their own skills and use different textures each (2k resolution), however, this mod gives the Vampire Lord transformations added by this mod not only to some new powerful vampires, but also for some important vanilla boss vampires, so in order for you not to run the risk of losing access to some of them due to incompatibility with other mods that also modify the same vampires, I recommend that you create a Batched Patch;"
If I have mod that change the record of named vampire NPC but wanted to use this transformation (is this possible?), should I just pass over the VMAD record? is there anything else that I should pass over to the patch?
Oh, how I truly love your mods! it adds so much more immersion and life to the lands of Skyrim. Is it at all possible to have the Vampire Lords portion separate from the summons? (Garkains/Fleders/Grave Foglings) And possibly have them replaced with different summons, maybe vampiric dragon imps, bloodfiends, harrowfiends, hungers? I love the design and difficulty these add, but it throws me off seeing creatures from the Witcher universe in Skyrim.
Absolutely a must have for any vampire hunter. Fighting Movarth for what has to be the 100th time, and sure I usually get stone walled with lightning or whatever. This? This was an actual nightmare. I could not imagine trying to solo these guys. Bring friends, barring that, lots of magic resist because by the nine, these bastards will make you weep.
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The mod is flagged as .ESL, so it won't take up space in your load order, and yet it will be read and executed perfectly by your game;The mod is not flagged as .ESL, just like a normal .ESP, as it requires the use of .SEQ files. In all the tests I did, even regenerating the .SEQ files after flagging the .ESPs as .ESLs, the dialogues stopped working. So, to maintain the integrity of dialogues and even quests added by my mods with .SEQ files, you should not attempt to flag this file under any circumstances, and you should use it in the exact way I made it available for download.JUST DON'T PASS MESHES THROUGH THE NIF OPTIMIZER EXCEPT IF THEY JUST DON'T WORK IN THE SPECIAL EDITION OR ANNIVERSARY EDITION AFTER YOU TESTED THEM YOURSELF FIRST.
It's a fact that yes NifOptimizer can solve problems in problematic Nifs, but in this case, and if these Nifs are mine, just contact me and I'll solve the problem for you. If you have really in-depth knowledge of how to correct any negative consequences of using the program on the problematic mesh, that's ok, do it, but if not, just contact me and I'll solve it, since the nif having the problem would be caused by a little oversight of mine while I was producing it, so would be my responsability to fix the problem as well.Unfortunately, because the use of NifOptimizer was recommended in many tutorials as a possible step, a lot of people took it as mandatory, and many fools started to use it as gospel and to convince others, but remember, it's not because it's on the internet that is real. There is absolutely NO such thing as an "old nif format". NiTriShape works perfectly in SE and AE, it is NOT necessary in any way to convert the .nifs to BSTriShape format for them to run smoothly in game, and this messy conversion can even lead you to severe ingame problems. Unfortunately, 3 or 4 paranoids managed to create a legion of players who live in constant panic of corrupting their games, and in an attempt to avoid it, they end up diving into a corruption many times greater, created by themselves, unnecessarily.But don't just take my word for it based on my years of experience and dedication to this activity, listen to Arcane University's own words about it, possibly the best center of studies on modding for The Elder Scrolls available on the internet: (image extracted from the link: https://wiki.beyondskyrim.org/wiki/Arcane_University:NIF_Data_Format)
Play more, have more fun, and let the authors be responsible for the technical condition and functionality of the mods they release. And if you don't trust them enough to use mods without trying to fix what often doesn't need to be fixed, just stop using those mods.
Take care, and if you have any doubts,
look for me on my Discord server,
Mihail
Thanks in advance, ur mods are amazing.
from compatibility tab:
"This mod does not affect player transformation, so textures, skeletons, animation replacer, skills, etc., that you use for the Vampire Lord, will not be affected by this mod. It also doesn't affect Harkon, so whatever you use on him will stay the same. The only exception is that it gives Harkon the ability to duplicate himself into Vampire Shades in combat, and adds a daedra heart to his loot. The Vampire Lords used in this mod are standalone and have their own skeleton, their own skills and use different textures each (2k resolution), however, this mod gives the Vampire Lord transformations added by this mod not only to some new powerful vampires, but also for some important vanilla boss vampires, so in order for you not to run the risk of losing access to some of them due to incompatibility with other mods that also modify the same vampires, I recommend that you create a Batched Patch;"
Is there any way the vampire lords added by this mod (both Vampire Boss and powerful vampires) uses my textures and meshes?
10/10